Bill Roper

In 1991 he joined Blizzard, he worked in the game Blackthorne and in the voices of Warcraft: Orcs & Humans, finally he became a full-time employee on August 1st, 1994. He was able to work in many things: from game design to producing, manual concept and layout to voice casting, directing and acting to music, and being a member of several strike teams that provide high-level feedback to the development teams.[1] He served as a Vice President of Blizzard North and was a Director of Blizzard Entertainment from 1994 to 2003.

He and some colleagues left Blizzard because of frustration at the lack of communication with Vivendi management and a dearth of opportunities for them to participate in deciding Blizzard's destiny.[2] After Bill Roper left Blizzard, he went on to co-found Flagship Studios.

During his employment by Blizzard, Roper worked in the following games:

In Warcraft Adventures, Roper did not do any voice roles. Blizzard was using all union actors for the game, and because Roper wasn't in the union, he would have needed a special contract. However, Blizzard had planned to re-use some of his recordings from previous games.[6]

In Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos, Roper voiced the footmen, peons, and grunts,[5] but didn't reprise his role as Grom Hellscream. In Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne he voiced the grunts again besides the recycled sounds of Reign of Chaos.